A Government Of the Heroes, By the Heroes, For the Heroes

Throughout the first week of the US Government Quest, the Early Learners have been discussing and debating the best way to govern themselves in their studio by studying different governments around the world. Monarchy seemed to them a wonderful option at first, since they all loved the idea of being a king and a queen, as they made their crowns and castles. But as they learned more about what a Monarchy truly entailed, with only one king and one queen, and of which could only be the heir of the existing king, they realized their chances to be royalty was slim to none. Thus there was quite a mayhem that aroused amongst the ladies of the court as to who was to marry Prince Simon. So they decided that Monarchy may not be the best way to govern themselves.

Another form of government they learned about was a Dictatorship, which no one even considered once they found out what a dictator does. No one was even interested to play the role of a dictator despite the promise of absolute power over all  the other heroes. They were all simply appalled at the idea that a dictator would not let people worship God and to force them to worship him instead. Many heroes boldly declared that they would try to stop a dictator from being so mean, even at the expense of losing their freedom. When they were reading a book about Dictatorship, they lingered on a page showing prisoners in jail who protested against the tyranny of a dictator. The heroes insisted that although they would not want to go to jail, they would not fear imprisonment for the freedom of the people.

Oligarchy brought even more turmoil amongst the heroes, when the six and seven year old heroes were declared the oligarchs since they are the big and powerful. And although the citizens had the chance to overpower the oligarchs through a game of tug-of-war, the four and five year olds were defeated and forced to obey the wishes of the oligarchs. But most of the citizens never gave up and continued to challenge the oligarchs for another tug-of-war match over and over again. The oligarchs were gracious enough to oblige and they promised to be good leaders despite their power over the other heroes.

Finally the heroes learned about Democracy and decided that this is the form of government they wanted, since they all wanted to have the right to vote.  And since they can vote, the heroes voted that their micronation be called The United Children’s Country (UCC). Even before learning about the Declaration of Independence, the heroes chose a Democracy for the same reasons that our Founding Fathers did – the heroes wanted everyone to get a chance to be a leader, to  be able to share their ideas and vote on them, and to be able to pray to Jesus and read their Bibles whenever they wanted to. Many heroes persuaded others that they can all work together for their government to function to serve the needs of everyone.

US Government quest

Week 1: October 15-19, 2018

A special government official visited the heroes this week to share show them how our United States Government serves its citizens. The heroes were honored to meet two patrol horses, Dewey and Jessie, who helps Annabelle’s Dad, Mr. Dan, keep people safe and get to places where cars cannot.